Hi dallen,
The server field, where you have 127.0.0.1 is where the name or IP address of a server has to be entered that accepts email for remote delivery. So when you send mail away, this is the server you hand it over to. Probably it's something like smtp.isp.com, since smtp is the protocol used to do the hand-over.
The only thing which could create problems is, if neither your internet connection provider, nor your hotmail web-based mail provider actually provide SMTP service. Can you find that out?

Andreas

P.S. 127.0.0.1 is a standardized number and would always be "localhost", i.e. your local, present computer. Set up like this, TDS connects to your computer and says "Hey, SMTP server. I have mail here for dallen, there it is." But since on your own computer you have no such SMTP server running, the whole process will fail.

AFAIK Hotmail only works via a web browser.. they don't allow any POP3/SMTP stuff, so in order to send the suspected trojan you would have to register an e-mail account with a provider that allows you to use POP3 to receive and SMTP to send e-mail!

quoting: dallen link=board=5;threadid=16199;start=0#msg100678 date=1068600978]... I still want to know what the Newbie, stars and karma things are.

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The titles and stars are simply signs of the number of posts people have made. From 0-50 posts, there is one star and the title of Newbie. From 51-100 there are two stars and the title Junior Member. Then it is Full Member from 101-250 posts with three stars, Senior Member from 251-1000 posts showing four stars and finally from 1001 posts upward, there are 5 gold stars and a title of Major Senior Member.

Good system. It encourages people to be active but at the same time it rewards meaningful activity. However, I think that some forum members would like to have the power to punish people for bad posting . I just want people to know that I would have applauded a few of the very helpful replies, but I'm only a newbie. So a big thank you will have to do. Some day I hope to make junior member.

Hi Dallen,
the negative karma (the booo! button) has been removed on many requests due to abuse or maybe people read wrong confusing smite with smile, so only the applaus (good karma) is there. So feel free to press the karma cookies for the people you think helped you most or when you see a very good posting somewhere.

But good your infection --the cause of this thread-- seems to have gone.